Prehistoric Algae Survives the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs

    According to the article, "Tiny, seemingly harmless ocean plants survived the darkness of the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs by learning a ghoulish behavior -- eating other living creatures.", it states how the asteroid decimated almost the whole population of living things when the asteroid hit, except this rare type of algae. To find out how this algae was able to survive such a harsh environment, they took fossils of the algae and made a model with a computer, which was able to monitor the feeding habits over time. Since this type of algae was so rare, they were lucky to find it in the first place. They were found in sediment, which was able to preserve them in the same way mammoths are preserved in tar pits. Scientists found that modern species with similar structures to this would include the Venus Fly Trap and sundews. They also found that once the debris of the asteroid cleared, this algae moved to coastal shelf areas. These small organisms are said to have helped rebuild the food chain very greatly as well. This organism was able to survive by eating other living things in the darkness. However, it wasn't until later they discovered that the organism evolved from this and stopped each other living things. It is hard to believe that this one small piece of algae was able to rebuild the oceans ecosystem. In general, it makes you think if the human population would even be here if it wasn't for rare microscopic organisms rebuilding the ecosystem. 

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